1. Which statement best describes the similarity among alliteration, assonance, and consonance?

A. They are all ways of
communicating that use precise language to make a point in as few words as possible.

B. They are all techniques that use the stressed syllables in words to create the rhythms in poetry.

C. They are all ways of using the sounds in words to increase the power of what is being communicated.

D. They are all techniques that use the letters in words to make some stand out visually from the others.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme